SOUTHERN COLORADO (KOAA) — For those who want to celebrate and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., there will be two separate marches that community members can attend on Monday morning.
Colorado Springs
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- MLK Prayer Breakfast
- There will be an All Peoples Breakfast on Monday, from 7:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. at the Antlers Hotel, with MLK Jr.'s granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, as the keynote speaker.
- The breakfast will be followed by a Unity March from the hotel to Acacia Park.
- The MLK Jr. Legacy Preservation Society says the march is to protect our democracy through nonviolent protest.
Pueblo
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day March
- At noon on Monday, community members can gather together to march from the Rawlings Library to El Pueblo History Museum.
- The museum will have speakers, as well as the opening of the “Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History” exhibit.
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